Should Werewolves Have Tails?
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Should Werewolves Have Tails?
What is your opinion on werewolves with tails?
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Yes wolves should have tails. Not only do the emphasize the fact that they arn't human, but tails serve a very functional purpose. Tails act as a slight counter wieght to help balence animals as the do things such as making sharp high speed turns.
Plus they protect a rather, er, vital part of the body.
More importantly, wolves use tails to help communicate rank within a pack, alpha's hold thier tails high and the rest have to be careful not to hold thier tails as high as that signals to the alpha that they're challenging him.
So if we're talking about thier being a pack of wolves, tails make even more sense.
Plus they protect a rather, er, vital part of the body.
More importantly, wolves use tails to help communicate rank within a pack, alpha's hold thier tails high and the rest have to be careful not to hold thier tails as high as that signals to the alpha that they're challenging him.
So if we're talking about thier being a pack of wolves, tails make even more sense.
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YES!!!
Werewolves must have tails!... a werewolf without a tail looks a bit naked to me
I like my werewolves with tails :mrgreen:
Werewolves must have tails!... a werewolf without a tail looks a bit naked to me
I like my werewolves with tails :mrgreen:
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vuldari wrote:Where do the Fur, muzzle, claws, fangs, etc. go ?... I imagine it would just get re-absorbed with the rest of the Inhuman pieces.
In the movie Van Helsing, the fur/skin fell off. Fangs and everything else retracted.
Guess it would make sence to have the tail retract as well.
Hmmmm.......we could change this theroy. Its up to us on what we want. I never seen a tail shoot out during transformation. In cartoons, yes. Hollywood films, no.
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Humans do have a tail, but, it's been shrunk/atrophied during the course of our evolution.
The tail-bone, or "coccyx" is all that's left of our tail.
In normal humans, all of the vertebrae that made up the tail have now fused into a single mass. In werewolves, I'd suspect that they would unfuse and grow considerably, at least during transformation, and when they revert back to human form, the tail bones would atrophy and fuse back together.
The tail-bone, or "coccyx" is all that's left of our tail.
In normal humans, all of the vertebrae that made up the tail have now fused into a single mass. In werewolves, I'd suspect that they would unfuse and grow considerably, at least during transformation, and when they revert back to human form, the tail bones would atrophy and fuse back together.
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Apokryltaros wrote:Humans do have a tail, but, it's been shrunk/atrophied during the course of our evolution.
The tail-bone, or "coccyx" is all that's left of our tail.
In normal humans, all of the vertebrae that made up the tail have now fused into a single mass. In werewolves, I'd suspect that they would unfuse and grow considerably, at least during transformation, and when they revert back to human form, the tail bones would atrophy and fuse back together.
Whoa! I like it when someone explains it in a scientific way.
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Yup, I'm all for tails. However, I'm with Figarou on this one. How can it just "retract"? I mean, what happens to all that flesh, nerves, veins, muscle...etc? The most logical thing I can think of is that it simply falls off! The tailbone is fused again and the tail kinda dies and falls away. I dunno....its a touchy subject.
Maybe tails don't fall off at all? Perhaps once the first shift occurs, werewolves keep their tails even when in human form which would be hairless, small and unviewable with pants on.
Just a few things to think about.
Maybe tails don't fall off at all? Perhaps once the first shift occurs, werewolves keep their tails even when in human form which would be hairless, small and unviewable with pants on.
Just a few things to think about.
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The tail wouldn't fall off, the muscles and the bones of the tail would atrophy and shrink, and the tail would shrink back.ShadowFang wrote:Yup, I'm all for tails. However, I'm with Figarou on this one. How can it just "retract"? I mean, what happens to all that flesh, nerves, veins, muscle...etc? The most logical thing I can think of is that it simply falls off! The tailbone is fused again and the tail kinda dies and falls away. I dunno....its a touchy subject.
Maybe tails don't fall off at all? Perhaps once the first shift occurs, werewolves keep their tails even when in human form which would be hairless, small and unviewable with pants on.
Just a few things to think about.
Think of it as high-speed evolution, rewinding and fast-forward.
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While it is true that the tail, unlike almost every other part of the body, doesn’t have anywhere to come from, having it simply drop off would be a bit unhandy for a number of reasons. First you have the loss of mass problem, then there is the simply gross part of having to dispose of a dead tail every time you shift. That would add up after a while.
There have been humans born with tails, believe it or not! This is due to some genetic error. However, I do not know if these babies actually lived to adulthood, and if they did their tails were likely removed when they were still infants.
There have been humans born with tails, believe it or not! This is due to some genetic error. However, I do not know if these babies actually lived to adulthood, and if they did their tails were likely removed when they were still infants.
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Thats cool. I have to agree that I don't like that idea of the tail just simply falling off. Thats kinda gross and unrealistic. If the tail is to "retract" however, what happens to all of the skin tissue? That just can't just get sucked back in. It has to come from somewhere! Those cells have to do something...Apokryltaros wrote:The tail wouldn't fall off, the muscles and the bones of the tail would atrophy and shrink, and the tail would shrink back.
Think of it as high-speed evolution, rewinding and fast-forward.
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Then the human form would have a large build up of flesh near the tailbone that will kinda "sag". Not very appealing. Though, its not like I have a better suggestion. I would just go for the idea of a tail not falling off to begin with.
Speaking of tails, how long should they be? The average lengths of a wolfs? Or shorter to compensate for the human side? I'm thinking the tail itself would come about mid-way down to the thigh. The added fur would make it appear to come closer to the knee range. If done like that, you can easilly hide a tail in your pants whilst in human form.
You would only need to expose it if the character took his/her pants off for whatever reason. (eg. sex, transformation....etc)
Speaking of tails, how long should they be? The average lengths of a wolfs? Or shorter to compensate for the human side? I'm thinking the tail itself would come about mid-way down to the thigh. The added fur would make it appear to come closer to the knee range. If done like that, you can easilly hide a tail in your pants whilst in human form.
You would only need to expose it if the character took his/her pants off for whatever reason. (eg. sex, transformation....etc)
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The tail should be reabsorbed, in human form there should be nothing noticable. These are werewolves, some level of suspension of disbelief is acceptable, even if it contradicts physics and biology.ShadowFang wrote:Then the human form would have a large build up of flesh near the tailbone that will kinda "sag". Not very appealing. Though, its not like I have a better suggestion. I would just go for the idea of a tail not falling off to begin with.
Speaking of tails, how long should they be? The average lengths of a wolfs? Or shorter to compensate for the human side? I'm thinking the tail itself would come about mid-way down to the thigh. The added fur would make it appear to come closer to the knee range. If done like that, you can easilly hide a tail in your pants whilst in human form.
You would only need to expose it if the character took his/her pants off for whatever reason. (eg. sex, transformation....etc)
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Length of the tail depends on a few different factors.
Is the tail hanging down straight when being measured?
Are we going to have these tails the same size as wolf tails? Preportionally scaled up to the size of the Werewolf? Or even larger, to act as a counter balence so that wolves can more seamlessly between 2 and 4 legged stance?
I myself am partial to option C, but that's mainly because I have a liking for large fluffy tails.
Why.... yes, I am a fur, why do you ask? ;)
Is the tail hanging down straight when being measured?
Are we going to have these tails the same size as wolf tails? Preportionally scaled up to the size of the Werewolf? Or even larger, to act as a counter balence so that wolves can more seamlessly between 2 and 4 legged stance?
I myself am partial to option C, but that's mainly because I have a liking for large fluffy tails.
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